Toy pistol



J.E.BRUBAKER TOY PISTOL Filed Feb. l, 1932 gnamfwo Patented Jan. 24, 1933 ravi JACOB E. BRUBAKER, 0F LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY PISTOL Application filed February 1, 1932. Serial' No. 590,232.

This invention relates to toy pistols of the type adapted to successively detonate or eX- plode4 caps contained in a roll or reel held supported in the magazine of the pistol.

A primary obj-ect of the invention is to provide a easy to manufacture, and having relatively few working parts which facilitates assembly.

and adds materially to the life of the device in use.

Another, and distinctive object of the invention is Vto provide a spring hammer, that is, a hammer preferably made of a single leaf of spring steel which may be rigidly supported at one end and operated at its free end. by the trigger mechanism to cooperate with an anvil for exploding the caps. l

A further object of the invention is to provide a reliable and positive mechanism for feeding the cap tape which will prevent clogging or amming of the tape, thus insuring positive as well as rapid ring of the caps.

Vfith the above and other objects'in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and defined in the appended claims.

A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is an elevation ofthe toy pistol with the cover ofthe mechanism shifted to one side to illustrate the reel of caps in position.

Figure 2' is an enlarged view of one section of the body ofthe pistol showing the various operating parts.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the spring hammer.

Referring to the drawing it will be observed from Figure 1 that the present device includes a body simulating a modern automatic pistol, and according to the customary practice the body includes a pair of mating hollow sections held together by suitable fastenings 1. Gneof these sections, 2 constitutes a carrier for the operating mechanism while the other section 3 constitutes a cover therefor and carries therewith a movable section construction that is simpleand' Referring to Figure 2, it will be observed that the body is provided with. a lug 5 which pivotally supports a combined trigger and capfeedingunit designated generally as 6 and having a trigger portion 7 and the rearwardly extending capfeeding portion 8. The said cap or tape. feeding portion is preferably forked as shown in Figure 2 to` pro- (ffl) vide a seat or socket 9' for receiving a tape engaging and feeding spring 10,. the arrangement being such that the spring positively held in the socket by mere insertion. therein so that the free end thereof may readily cozop- G5 crate. with the tape T which passes: over' vthe tape guiding wall l1..

One of the arms of the forked tape feeding portion 8 is of substantially V-shaped fo rmatifon. to provide a dbris clearing foot portion 12 which operm' ates in advance of the tape feeding spring 10 to remove or clear away exploded cap dbris so that the cap will have free: access to the location of the anvil 13 when the hammer 14 is moved backward to the dotted line posi-tion', 75

for example, shown in seen from FigureA 2 the Figure 2. As. will. be body' is provided with a top lug 12a for preventing excess movement of the trigger mechanism to prevent 8 overfeeding,

To insure the. proper feeding of the tape containing the caps there is tape holding member preferably in the forni is held in positionalso provided a 15. This member is of a leaf springV which due to its engagement with B5 the abutment 16 and the socket 17 so that its free end may be disposed normally to bear against the tape guiding wall 11 sol that in loading the magazine7 may and thefree end 18 of one end of the tape be conveniently placed between the wall the spring' thereby to hold the tape in position for' engagement by the tape feeding spring 10. To facilitate the insertion of the tape between the wall 11 and the spring, caved inA the vicinity spring 15.

ing' wall 11 it is pointe the front edge of the wall isconln. connection with of the end 18 of the the tape' guidd out that the same is preferably provided with an offset. baiile wall 19,. the. purpose o f which is toprevent 109 upper end is provided with a. detonating head 145 and one edge thereof is cut away as indicated at 140 to provide a shoulder 14d which will hereinafter be more fully referred to.

The end 14a of the 'spring is held against the abutment portion 2O in the handle of the section 2 while the intermediate portion of the spring bears against the fulcrum abutment 21 on the inner side wall of the handle. -This causes the head 146 of the hammer to normally lie against the anvil 13.

The combined trigger land tape feeding means, as well as the Ameans for operating the spring hammer, are tensioned by a single spring. That is to say, the combined trigger and cap feeding means is provided with an offset lug 22, which provides a pivot for the trigger operating arm 23. This arm is provided with a hook 24fwhich receives a coil spring 25 that is anchored to the lug 26 on theinner wall of the body 2. When Vthe spring 25 is in position, the trigger 7 will be pulled forward and likewise the hammer operating arm 23 will be pulled upwardly so that its upper edge will engage the shoulder 14d of the hammer. The arm 23 is notched to provide a should/er 27 and the forward end 28 thereof is curved to ride against an abutment 29l on the body. Normally, that is, in the position of parts shown in Figure 2, the shoulder 27 on the arm 23 engages with the shoulder 14d of the hammer. Therefore, it will be apparent that when the trigger 7 is pulled against the tension of the spring 25 the arm 23 will move the hammer backwardly, that is away from the anvil 13. i

As the curved edge ofthe end 28of the lever 23 rides against the abutment 29, the shoulder 27 on the arm `is moved away from the shoulder 14d on the hammer, and, when the proper point of travel has been reached, the shoulder 27 on ther arm 23 completely releases the spring hammer 14 so that the head 1425 will snap back against the anvil 13. As the tape feeding means positions a cap betweenthe anvil 13 and the head 146 ofthe hammer spring, the said cap will be exploded when the parts referred'to come together.

By way of describing briefly the operation of the device, it maybe pointed out that the' tape T containing the explosive charges or caps is usually in the form of a reelwhich isfplacedv on the spindle 30. The tape is then threaded between the end 18 of spring 15 and the wall 11 so that a portion thereof projects above 18 to be engaged by the tape feeding spring 10. As the operator pu ls the trigger 7, the spring 10 will advance the tape toward the anvil13. During the advancing movement, it will, of course, be understood that the hammer 14 is moved away from the anvil due to the fact that the arm 23 which controls the hammer moves simultaneously with the ytrigger and the tape feeding means. When the trigger 7 has reached its limit of backward movement, the tape T comes to rest with the explosive charge positioned at the anvil and then the spring hammer 14 is released to snap toward the anvil and thus explode the cap.V This operation may be repeated very rapidly and for the reasons heretofore set forth will cause rapid and quick ring of the caps.

Without further descriptionit is thought lthat the features and advantages of the inventionk will be readily appa-rent to those skilled in the art, and it will of course bey understood that changes in theform, proportion and minor details of constructionmay be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention* and scopeof thc appended claims.

Iclaim:- f 1. ln a toy pistol the combination with an anvil, hammer means cooperating therewith,

a tape guiding wall, a baille associated with said wall for of the tape, tape feeding means cooperating withsaid wall and spring controlled trigger operated means for "controlling said tape feeding means and said hammer. e

2. `In a toy pistol having detonating means, the combination of said means with tape feeding means, said tape feeding means comprising a pivoted member having. a trigger portion and an offset forked portion providing a socket, a tape guiding wall, a tape feeding spring fitted in said socket and cooperating with said wall, and a dbris clearing foot carried by one of the arms of said the tape feeding spring. y

3. In a toy pistol, cap detonating means, a tape guiding wall, a pivotally supported trigger casting, said casting including a trigger portion and an offset forked portion formed with a spring receiving socket and a dbris clearing foot, a springrmounted in said socket and adapted to cooperate with said tape guiding wall to engage and move a tape held between the spring and the wall, an offset pivot lug carried by said casting, a

forked portion and operating in advance of hammer actuating arm mounted on Asaid pivot lug, and a spring anchored at one end to the pistol body and engaging at its other end with said arm to tension the said trigger casting and said hammer,A actuating' arm.

A4. A toy pistol including a body simulating preventing incorrect leading` a barrel and a handle, said barrel having an opening lying above the handle, an anvil formed on the body at one end of and at right angles to the plane of said opening in the 5 barrel, a leaf spring hammer anchored at its bottom end in the lower portion of the handle and extending upwardly through the handle whereby its upper end operates in said opening to move toward and from said anvil, said hammer being notched at one edge to provide a shoulder, a tape guiding wall arranged in the handle for direct-ing tape between the free end of the hammer and said anvil, trigger means arranged in the barrel portion l5 of the body and including a pivoted trigger member having means for cooperating with said tape guiding wall to feed tape arranged between said means and the wall when the pivoted trigger is moved, an arm pivoted to the trigger member, saidarm having` a shoulder adapted to releasably engage the shoul der on the hammer, and a spring anchored at one end to the body and having its other end anchored to the said arm thereby to maintain the latter in engagement with said shouldered portion of the spring hammer and also to tension the pivoted trigger member.

5. A toy pistol including` a body simulating a barrel and a handle, said barrel having an opening lying above the handle, an anvil formed within the body at an angle to the axis of the barrel and at one side of the said opening therein, a leaf spring hammer anchored at its bottom end in the lower portion of the handle and extending upwardly through the same whereby its upper end operates in said opening toward and from said anvil, a fulcrum abutment formed within the handle and bearing against the intermediate portion of the leaf spring hammer to tension the lower and upper ends thereof respectively against the anvil and the bottom of the handle, a shoulder formed at one edge of the leaf spring hammer, an abutment within the handle adjacent the lower rear side of said opening, and a notched trigger actuated arm adapted to engage said shoulder on the leaf spring hammer and also adapted to engage said abutment to release 5o engagement between the arm and the hammer.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

JACGB E. BRUBAKER. 

